Collection Area: Endangered Archives Programme / Subject: Magic - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/8/2
Title:: 延生救苦宿啟
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 延生救苦宿啟 [yansheng jiuku suqi]. Ceremony with a standard structure as a Taoist retreat, including three audiences in a day, ensuring the longevity of the host. Ceremony to ensure the salvation of the newly deceased.The magic to make the deities to...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 77 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/9
Title:: Anonymous Collector 9
Scope & Content:: This collection contains 4 manuscripts. The catalogue references of the individual manuscripts range from: EAP791/1/9/1 to EAP791/1/9/4. Custodial history: The original manuscripts are part of a private collection owned by an anonymous collector in Northern Laos.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1860-1892
Extent:: 336 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/9/3
Title:: 雜百解諸件小秘語
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 雜百解諸件小秘語 [za baijie zhujian xiao miyu]. External cover title: 治煞秘 [zhisha mi]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcist-healing rituals, visualization practice for the host's fortune and other magic. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of origin...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1892
Extent:: 118 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/9/4
Title:: 重集斎短亡秘語
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 重集斎短亡秘語 [chongji zhai duanwang miyu]. External cover title: 重集斎短蜜語 [chongji zhaiduan miyu]. Miscellaneous instructions about the magic used in the ritual for the deceased. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 24 f...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1860
Extent:: 45 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10
Title:: Anonymous Collector 10
Scope & Content:: This collection contains 24 manuscripts. The catalogue references of the individual manuscripts range from: EAP791/1/10/1 to EAP791/1/10/24. Custodial history: The original manuscripts are part of a private collection owned by an anonymous collector in Northern Laos.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1807-1983
Extent:: 1293 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10/1
Title:: 按龍秘語天機法伸斗解冤
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 按龍秘語天機法伸斗解冤 [Anlong miyu tianji fa shendou jieyuan]. Ceremony to fix and improve the cemetery for the ancestors.First ceremony for the ‘old people’ (in their forties). Bas...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1863
Extent:: 52 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10/12
Title:: 清醮秘語
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 清醮秘語 [qingjiao miyu]. Magic to make the altars into gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, fruit trees, livestock, and food. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 18 folios. Chinese e...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1897
Extent:: 110 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10/18
Title:: 貢王救苦延生宿啟科
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 貢王救苦延生宿啟科 [gongwang jiuku yansheng suqi ke]. External cover title: 斎恩宿啟 [zhai'en suqi]. Ceremony with a standard structure as a Taoist retreat, including three audiences in a day, ensuring the longevity of the host. Ceremony to ensure the salvation of the newly decease...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 52 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10/20
Title:: 一本求財秘語
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本求財秘語 [Yiben qiucai miyu]. Instructions about the magic, especially for fortune in monetary matters. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1889
Extent:: 15 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/11
Title:: Anonymous Collector 11
Scope & Content:: This collection contains 31 manuscripts. The catalogue references of the individual manuscripts range from: EAP791/1/11/1 to EAP791/1/11/31. Custodial history: The original manuscripts are part of a private collection owned by an anonymous collector in Northern Laos.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1842-1980
Extent:: 1459 TIFF images

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